IPhoto on iPhone never completes Updating Photo Library

Tried about 10 times.
After opening iPhoto, it attempts to Update Photo Library. It gets about 3/4 way done and then quits.
(I do have a LOT of photos, probably about 20,000 on my phone)
iPhone 4S 64GB, IOS 5.1

I guess I simply had to many photos.
They were all from my iPhoto library on my computer. I synced my my iPhone to my computer and deleted most of them. I can put the photos back on later.
Iphoto is working now.

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